Attaching multiple phone lines to a single mobile or landline phone
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1. A computer based method comprising:
- receiving a first message transmitted from a first telephonic device to a virtual number on a message service, the first message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the first telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content;
identifying the first telephonic device as a first contact device;
responsive to identifying the first telephonic device as the first contact device, attaching the sender information to the message content of the first message;
identifying an operator device associated with the virtual number in a mapping table;
providing the message content of the first message with the attached sender information to the operator device;
receiving a second message transmitted from a second telephonic device to the virtual number on the message service, the second message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the second telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content;
identifying the second telephonic device as the operator device;
responsive to identifying the second telephonic device as the operator device, extracting, from the message content of the second message, attached information including a transmitting number corresponding to a second contact device; and
transmitting instructions for providing the message content of the second message without the attached information to the second contact device from the virtual number in a third message transmitted on the message service.
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Abstract
Agencies issue multiple devices to personnel for maintaining distinct identities over the course of assigned investigations. To provide flexible capabilities to agencies, a phone is converted for use with multiple attached telephone numbers. Accordingly, a single phone may be used to manage multiple identities over the course of one or more investigations. Using a multiple attached number, a given device can place and receive calls over the network to and from contacts. In addition to providing multiple attached numbers, calls using the multiple attached numbers may be monitored live and recorded to establish evidence.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer based method comprising:
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receiving a first message transmitted from a first telephonic device to a virtual number on a message service, the first message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the first telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content; identifying the first telephonic device as a first contact device; responsive to identifying the first telephonic device as the first contact device, attaching the sender information to the message content of the first message; identifying an operator device associated with the virtual number in a mapping table; providing the message content of the first message with the attached sender information to the operator device; receiving a second message transmitted from a second telephonic device to the virtual number on the message service, the second message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the second telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content; identifying the second telephonic device as the operator device; responsive to identifying the second telephonic device as the operator device, extracting, from the message content of the second message, attached information including a transmitting number corresponding to a second contact device; and transmitting instructions for providing the message content of the second message without the attached information to the second contact device from the virtual number in a third message transmitted on the message service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 23)
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17. A computer based method comprising
receiving a first message transmitted from a first telephonic device to a virtual number on a message service, the first message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content; -
identifying the first telephonic device as an operator device; responsive to identifying the first telephonic device as the operator device, extracting, from the message content of the first message, attached information including a transmitting number corresponding to a contact device; transmitting instructions for providing the message content of the first message without the attached information to the contact device from the virtual number in a second message transmitted on the message service; receiving a third message transmitted from a second telephonic device to the virtual number on the message service, the third message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the second telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content; identifying the second telephonic device as the contact device; responsive to identifying the second telephonic device as the contact device, attaching the sender information of the third message to the message content of the third message; identifying the operator device associated with the virtual number in the mapping table; and providing the message content of the third message with the attached sender information to the operator device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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24. A system comprising:
a server comprising one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer program code, the computer program code when executed performing steps comprising; receiving a first message transmitted from a first telephonic device to a virtual number on a message service, the first message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the first telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content; identifying the first telephonic device as a first contact device; responsive to identifying the first telephonic device as the first contact device, attaching the sender information to the message content of the first message; identifying an operator device associated with the virtual number in a mapping table; providing the message content of the first message with the attached sender information to the operator device; receiving a second message transmitted from a second telephonic device to the virtual number on the message service, the second message including sender information comprising a transmitting number corresponding to the second telephonic device, recipient information comprising the virtual number, and message content; identifying the second telephonic device as the operator device; responsive to identifying the second telephonic device as the operator device, extracting, from the message content of the second message, attached information including a transmitting number corresponding to a second contact device; and transmitting instructions for providing the message content of the second message without the attached information to the second contact device from the virtual number in a third message transmitted on the message service. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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